Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 7

DJ! FinisherAll gamesRegular play games
1st124/212(58.49%)100/172(58.14%)
2nd118/212(55.66%)93/172(54.07%)
3rd95/199(47.74%)74/159(46.54%)
All337/623(54.09%)267/503(53.08%)

Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 153

Out of those 153 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left lectern finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 2 (1.31%)

Out of those 153 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 72 (47.06%)

Out of those 72 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 44 (61.11%)

Out of the 153 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 79 (51.63%)

Out of those 79 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 44 (55.70%)

Out of the 151 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of games in which all three players gave the correct response: 30 (19.87%)

Out of the 151 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 149 (49.34%)

Out of the 151 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of games in which none of the three players gave the correct response: 26 (17.22%)

337 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 623 possible responses in the 212 archived games analyzed. This represents a 54.09% chance of supplying the correct Final response.

Out of the 121 regular play games in which the leader going into Final Jeopardy! did not have a lock and was not tied with another player, he or she wagered to cover the second-place player 107 times (88.43%).

Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 199 games in which all three players played Final:

RRR = 47
WWW = 36
WRW = 25
RWR = 25
RRW = 24
RWW = 19
WRR = 15
WWR = 8

Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 13 games in which two players played Final:

RR = 7
WW = 4
RW = 2

Distribution of Final responses by lectern position out of the 199 games in which all three players played Final:

RRR = 47
WWW = 36
RRW = 27
RWW = 25
RWR = 22
WRR = 15
WWR = 14
WRW = 13

The average winner's score amongst 212 archived games was $11,259.

Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 7

WagerPlayer nameGameCategoryScoreLeadResponseWin
1.$11,100Fred Ketteman#1569, aired 1991-05-30FINAL RESTING PLACES$11,400$400RY
2.$11,000Mark Born#1585, aired 1991-06-21AMERICAN POLITICS$18,400$14,900RY
3.$10,600Franco Recchia#1558, aired 1991-05-15POP MUSIC$10,600-$800W
4.$10,099David Epstein#1513, aired 1991-03-13COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD$10,100-$1,700RY
5.$10,000Bruce Ikawa#1444, aired 1990-12-06MOVIES$10,100$200RY
$10,000Lynne Wexler#1480, aired 1991-01-25MONARCHS$10,600$900RY
$10,000Mary Webster#1602, aired 1991-07-16HISTORIC NAMES$10,400$800RY
8.$9,900Hugh Brennan#1444, aired 1990-12-06MOVIES$9,900-$200R
$9,900Scott Gillispie#1558, aired 1991-05-15POP MUSIC$11,400$800RY
10.$9,700Bob Olsen#1605, aired 1991-07-19POETS$9,700-$3,800RY
11.$9,600Harry Bork#1480, aired 1991-01-25MONARCHS$9,700-$900W
12.$9,101Rick Cimerman#1379, aired 1990-09-06ORGANIZATIONS$9,300$100RY
13.$9,100Sue Korosa#1379, aired 1990-09-06ORGANIZATIONS$9,200-$100W
$9,100Tom Aldrich#1573, aired 1991-06-05VICE PRESIDENTS$9,100-$400R
15.$9,000Marc Goldberg#1515, aired 1991-03-15ELECTIONS$9,300$400WY
$9,000Bill Holzapfel#1530, aired 1991-04-05FILMS OF THE '40s$9,900$900W
17.$8,999Alec Wittek#1571, aired 1991-06-03FAMOUS NAMES$9,300-$2,500RY
18.$8,900Karen Foster#1515, aired 1991-03-15ELECTIONS$8,900-$400W
$8,900Ken DeBusk#1563, aired 1991-05-22QUOTES$8,900$700RY
20.$8,800Dave Gibboni#1544, aired 1991-04-25PRESIDENTS$8,800-$800W
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